axis of rotation

English

Noun

axis of rotation (plural axes of rotation)

1. The axis about which any body rotates.

   Synonym: rotational axis

2. The line joining the North Pole and South Pole about which the Earth rotates daily.

Translations

axis about which any body rotates

• Finnish: pyörimisakseli, pyörähdysakseli
• French: axe de rotation (fr) m
• Hungarian: forgástengely (hu)
• Malay: paksi putaran
• Maori: tuaka, pou tāwhirowhiro
• Romanian: axă de rotație f
• Russian: ось враще́ния f (osʹ vraščénija)

line joining the North Pole and South Pole

• Finnish: pyörimisakseli
• Russian: земна́я ось f (zemnája osʹ)